Judge in Pa. Voter ID Case is from Lehigh Valley
A Lehigh Valley native is in the national spotlight as he decides a case involving Pennsylvania's controversial Voter ID law
Judge Robert E. Simpson of Pennsylvania's Commonwealth Court - a Lehigh Valley native - is the man who will decide a case challenging the state's controversial Voter ID law.
Simpson, 60, graduated from Freedom High School in Bethlehem and lives in Nazareth.
He's known as a fair-minded jurist who makes decisions based on the law rather than political ideology.
Judge Simpson:
- Was elected to the Commonwealth Court in 2001
- Served as a trial judge in Northampton County from 1989 through 2001
- Previously practiced as a trial lawyer
- Is a magna cum laude graduate of Dickinson College and a graduate of the Dickinson School of Law
- Served as law clerk to the Honorable Glenn E. Mencer of the Commonwealth Court
mark wood
7:54 am on Wednesday, August 15, 2012
In Michele Obamas words, you knuckleheads get out and vote, but first no ID is needed, because knuckleheads dont neet one. (she said Knucklehead at the Moravian Hall rally, Maybe your paper" the moaning Flaw" forgot to report that part. So knuckleheads, get out and vote with NO ID. Knuckleheads,
mark wood
7:54 am on Wednesday, August 15, 2012
It amazes me that the Commie paper "Moaning Flaw" Failed to report that, I bet if "Bush" said that it would be headlines. Go back to sleep knuckleheads you and your Socialist "moaing Flaw". enjoy your time in office, you are about to be replaced with the "Tea Party". keep you opine to yourself. it only proves my point.
StGabes
7:54 am on Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Regardless of what happens with the voter ID can you say "National ID" Here it comes!!!
Conservative not republician
7:54 am on Wednesday, August 15, 2012
When reading about Judge Simpson in other articles, it does appear he is judicial in his decisions and does not let ideology alter his rulings.
The problem is if he upholds the voter-ID law, the left will call him another political hack on the bench. If he decides the voter-ID law is unconstitutional, the right will call him a RINO who should not be allowed to serve on the bench (ie: Chief Justice Roberts)
If our courts (both state and federal) had more people like Judge Robert Simpson on the bench, we would have true separation of powers that the founding fathers had in mind.
bill frome
7:54 am on Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Liberals always talk good about a judge before the ruling and after it trash him when the ruling is not what they want.
bill frome
9:57 am on Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Notice there is no author posted here!!! Wonder why that is???? hmmmmmm
Mitch Davis
11:54 am on Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Mitch Davis
I thought our U.S. Constitution requires "equal protection under the law." This voter ID travesty of a law violates this key democratic principal because the poor and the elderly citizens are not equally in a position to obtain this added burden as the more well-off middle and wealthy classes in our Commonwealth, thus their basic equal right to vote is unfairly in jeopardy under this new law, and it is therefore unconstitutional.
Nancy Randleman
12:03 pm on Thursday, August 16, 2012
Even if he did this all according to law ,it is still morally wrong and was based on pure political dirty tricks to suppresss voting by a particlar segment of the population!
The segment that votes for decmocracts!
StGabes
8:15 am on Friday, August 17, 2012
yeah OK what about Obama making legal for a million Illegal Immigrants.......
Rich
8:15 am on Friday, August 17, 2012
Men marched for weeks without shoes, feet in rags and bleeding with Washington to have the right to vote. And someone cannot stand in line awhile to get an ID / register to vote? Our troops marched for hundreds of miles sweating with malaria, wounds and dysentery in the Civil War to protect the right to vote. But someone cannot ride to the ID center?. Men and women captured as prisoners of war have suffered in torture and made to stand for hours in the German snow or blazing Pacific sun - but someone cannot wait awhile in line to get a valid ID? Factory workers stood for 8- 12 hours every day for years to help our troops win the wars of freedom, but people think it is inconvenient and a real sacrifice of their time and muscles to have to stand awhile or sit in line to get a valid photo ID so their vote is countered properly. No more excuses of loss of time, or wear on the feet please. A tiny sacrifice of time and energy please to preserve the integrity of the vote after so many have sacrificed so much for your rights to have it count. If you are sick, there is an absentee ballot still available. But if you are able - go to wait a liitle while in line and get a photo ID and join all those who waited and protected our freedoms. While waiting remind others of all the time people stood, marched, suffered and spent in lines for this right to vote. Tough he little wait out.
StGabes
3:56 pm on Friday, August 17, 2012
Very well put!!!!
Janet Persing
8:18 am on Thursday, August 30, 2012
correct!